3. Cultural: landscape aesthetics and quality, and values associated with
local culture.

Mainly economic land use functions

4. Residential and land independent production: provision of space where
residential, social, and productive human activity takes place in a concentrated
mode. The utilisation of the space is largely irreversible because of the nature of
the activities.

5. Land-based production: provision of land for production activities that
do not result in irreversible change, e.g., agriculture, forestry, renewable
energy, and land-based industries such as mining.

6. Transport infrastructure: provision of space used for roads, railways,
and public transport services, involving development that is largely
irreversible.

Mainly environmental land use functions

7. Provision of abiotic resources: the role of land in regulating the
supply and quality of air, water, and minerals.

8. Provision of habitat: factors affecting the capacity of the land to
support biodiversity, in the form of the genetic diversity of organisms and the
diversity of habitats.

9. Maintenance of ecosystem processes: the role of land in ecological
supporting functions such as soil formation and energy buffering.